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staynoun1 a temporary residing as another's guestmy mother-in-law is coming for a brief stay next week the stopping of a process or activitywe must work without stay if we are ever to reach our goal of equal rights for everyone arrest, arrestment, cease, cessation, check, close, closedown, closure, conclusion, cutoff, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, expiration, finish, halt, lapse, offset, shutdown, shutoff, stop, stoppage, surcease, termination mop-up, phaseoutabeyance, break, interruption, layoff, letup, moratorium, pause, standstill, suspension continuance, continuation extension, persistence, prolongation a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something elsea free press is one of the principal stays of a democratic society brace, buttress, mount, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, support, underpinning shoringcolumn, pedestal, pilaster, pillararch, bolster, bracket, cantilever, girderbearingcrutch, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, strut, trussbase, foundation, frame to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of timelet's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining abide, dwell, hang around, remain, stick around, tarry await, hang on, hold on, waitdally, dawdle, linger, loiteroutstay, overstay bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off(chiefly British), clear out, cut out, depart, exit, get off, go, go off, leave, move, pack (up or off), peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, shove (off), take off, vamoose, walk out abscond, book(slang), decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, run away, scat, scram, skipabandon, desert, forsake, vacate to bring (something) to a standstillstay the trial until this new evidence has been processed arrest, bring up, catch, check, draw up, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, still, stop baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stemconclude, cut off, end, terminatecall, discontinue, suspendchoke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run onadvance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wendactuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir to remain in place in readiness or expectation of somethingwe'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up await, bide, hold on, wait hang around, linger, remain, stick around, tarrystand byanticipate, expect, watch (for) bide one's time, cool one's heels, hold one's breath, sit tight to reside as a temporary guestlet's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel crash(slang), sojourn, tarry, visit come by, come over, drop by, drop in, run in, step in, stop (by)frequent, hang (around or out), hauntinhabit, occupy abide, dwell, live, reside to hold up or serve as a foundation forbeams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), support, sustain, undergird, underpin, uphold steady, truss, underlie v.defer, postpone, suspend, stay mean to delay an action or proceeding.defer implies a deliberate putting off to a later time.deferred buying a car until spring postpone implies an intentional deferring usually to a definite time.the game is postponed until Saturday suspend implies temporary stoppage with an added suggestion of waiting until some condition is satisfied.business will be suspended while repairs are underway stay often suggests the stopping or checking by an intervening agency or authority.the governor stayed the execution before the 12th century |